On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Why cant we call linux 2.6 as rtlinux as in 2.6, kernel has been made > preemptable
because by being preemptible, it doesn't make the kernel a real time one. To be a real time one, you need to do something in predictable time frame. Now, take a time and think for your self, is being "preempt" alone could guarantee it? What if, let's say, you're doing task A, then being preempted by task B, could you guarantee A to be finished in x milisecond? in shorter word, preemption increase responsiveness IMO, but it doesn't make kernel a real time one. And be careful, there's soft real time and hard real time. Linux, in proper patch, could get near to be soft real time OS..... CMIIW people... regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
